Wallee McDonnell from our partner Celebrate Life has sent us this exciting update: 

​Celebrate Life CIC continues where we left off in 2023 with renewed vigour in bringing attention to the possibility of personal peace and well being to London in 2024, in a world desperately seeking exactly this, but not knowing where to look.

Following on from many successful screenings of Power to Change film around the UK and Ireland over the past two years, we're putting energy and resources with a focus on facilitating the Peace Education workshops in London. More opportunities for showing Power to Change are in the pipeline. At the same we want to move on to the next phase, connecting with communities who've seen the film and want to experience the Peace Education workshops. The film was mainly set in the borough of Lambeth in London, now it's time to take the next steps and engage with those who've expressed their readiness to attend the course. Examples of this are: Circle of Life Ignite organisation - a bereaved mothers group seeking help dealing with the trauma they've experienced after losing a child in such a brutal way; Working with a Police Superintendent with connections to youth organisations for a special Peace Education series tailored specifically for them; A Peace Education Series for the police officers 

We are also working on a separate series of film-based on interviews with Londoners on topics like; love, choice, self-awareness, appreciation and other themes. And with animators we are creating a number of animations based on stories that Prem Rawat has shared in his talks, conveying gems of wisdom and lessons for life. Here is the film we did on 'Hope - what does hope mean to you?':

​The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is Peace Partners' key partner, and our core aims for 2024 (see below) include supporting their global humanitarian work and their Peace Education Programme in the UK. At the end of last year the Foundation and its Founder received international recognition with an award from The BrandLaureate. Here is an excerpt from TPRF's press release about the award (published in collaboration with The BrandLaureate):

'On December 6, 2023, The BrandLaureate honoured Prem Rawat and The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) with a distinguished award for outstanding peace initiatives and excellence in branding: The World Brands Foundation formed The BrandLaureate to acknowledge trailblazers and visionaries, honouring Prem Rawat and TPRF with the Book of World Records Award. The new 2023 award from The BrandLaureate followed Prem Rawat’s induction into the renowned organisation’s Hall of Fame in 2012. He received the The BrandLaureate Lifetime Achievement Award that year, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Nelson Mandela ...'

​Read the full press release here: https://tprf.org/brandlaureate-honors-prem-rawat-prem-rawat-foundation-with-prestigious-award/